WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS THINK OF THE PREMIER.

Western Star, Issue 143, 3 June 1876, Page 6

WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS THINK OF THE PREMIER.

Julius Vogel's name, among Australian politicians, has become a household word, a spell to conjure and work miracles by; and, strange to say, when we come to study his deliverances, and to weigh his deeds, we can find nothing connected with either which, upon duly reflecting over, is calculated to strike us as very original, or out of the ordinary prescriptions of common sense. His great distinguishing characteristic appears to be an ability to rise above the. influences of Colonially formed prejudices, and a moral courage to step out of the beaten track to which circumstances have confined the footsteps of men who have been accustomed to believe that the highest destiny of this new world of the Antipodes to bo for ever connected with and dependent upon the woollen manufacturers of the old country. The Premier of New Zealand, and many others, no doubt, who have reflected on the subject, sees that the resources of the Australian Colonies including New Zealand, of course—are so varied and abundant that pastoral pursuits, no matter how essential and suited they are to the opening years of the infant empire of the South Seas, snly constitute the first stage in the grand superstructure which is destined to be erected upon them. The growing of wool and the feeding of cattle are not to form the ‘ be all and end all’ of such richly endowed countries as tho inland continent of Australia and the magnificent land of the Maoris. This is the foundation of Sir Julius Vogel’s political faith ; and this the reason why ho not only rejects the tinkering and petty expediency policy of the crowd of Australian politir cians, and boldly proclaims one which, although simple enough, required no small degree of moral courage to act, and to take such-measures as are best calculated to give it effect. By some of our latest files of tho Now Zealand’ journals wo have a lengthened deliverance -of Sir Julius Vogel, made to his constituents at Wanganui. On all the main features of his policy lie dilated at considerable length, and with great perspicuity. We have studied with great care this speech, pregnant with common sense, suggestive of hard indisputable truths, and every theory propounded supported with recognisable facts. Tasmanian Tribune.